So I bought some dye to do a pair of jeans that had faded but were in great condition, navy to get them as dark as I could. And the jeans turned out great! I tried a little ombre effect on a couple of other pieces just to see how they'd come out...one, I knew wouldn't take the dye very well as it was a cheap rayon piece...the other was 100% cotton but still didn't achieve the depth of color at the bottom that I was looking for. So, I may need to rerun that through a navy and black dye bath to see if I can achieve the look I was going for. Well, here a few pics of the pieces as they were and now are!
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| This is an identical of the before of the now sleeveless jacket. |
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| Taking a dip! |
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| Another dip! |
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| The rayon...you can see the gradations...sort of ;) |
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| The jeans are super dark! Love it! (the darkness of the photo helps add to that, hehe) but they really are dark! |
I've got an XL denim top to jacket coming up in the next couple of days, so stay tuned :) Here's a sneak peak of the before...
Hope you all are well and keep up the refashions, because I love seeing everyone's ideas and the creations that come out of those ideas!
Peace,
Andrea
LittleDidYouKnow
2 comments:
Cool! Rayon can dye really well if you use the right dye, like Procion MX. It's also what I would use for jeans. I used to use RIT for re-dyeing jeans but the Procion is so much better since it's designed for plant fibers. Maybe I should give that a go on some faded jeans I just got trombone slide oil on...
Thanks for the tip! I think I'll try again on the rayon jacket so I'll check this out :)
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